Though the BJP backed Apana Dal candidate from the Pratapgarh Lok Sabha constituency, Kunwar Harivansh Singh, had won the seat in 2014 by a margin of 1,68, 222 by defeating his nearest BSP rival Asif Nizamuddin Siddique, the Congress nomine and then sititng MP Rajkumari Ratna Singh had secured a lead of 52414 votes over her nearest rival in the Rampur Khas assembly segment.